Bottle-tap



Mel) B. H. GRISWOLTD;

BOTTLE TAP.

No. 401,432. Patented Apr. 16, 1889.

llllll UNITED STATES PATENT @rricn,

ELIAS H. GRISW'OLD, OF BAKER CITY, OREGON.

BOTTLE-TAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,432, dated April 16, 1889.

Application filed October 15, 1887. Serial No. 252,45li (N9 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIAS H. GRISWOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baker City, in the county of Baker and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Taps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tape or faucets for use especially with bottles containing effervescing fluids, and has for its obj eot to provide means whereby such fluids may be drawn from the bottles in small quantities or at irregular periods, as may be desired, without the necessity of emptying the bottles as soon as the cork is drawn.

With this object in view my invention consists in the improved construct-ion, arrangement, and combination of parts, which I shall now proceed to fully describe, the specific points of novelty in the same being particularly pointed out in claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure '1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing my invention applied to a bottle before the cork is drawn. Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation of the same parts, the corkscrew being omitted; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the parts shown in section in Fig. 1, the cork being drawn.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A is a bottle, such as is used to contain beer, mineral water, champagne, or similar fluids; and a is the ordinary cork stopper commonlyused in such bottles.

B is a cylindrical tube or chamber open at both ends, whose bore is of substantially the same diameter as that of the neck of the bottle. This tube has opening from one side thereof, at b, an escape-tube, C, which is provided with a stop'coek or faucet.

The tube B has an enlarged supplemental tube on its inner end at B, so that it may be passed over the head of the bottle, a tight joint therewith being formed through the me dium of a packing-ring, E, of rubber or other suitable material.

In order to hold the tap securely in position on the bottle- I have provided the following mechanism, viz:

F is a metallic plate bent, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, into proper shape to embrace the bottle, a loop, a hook, f, and flanges f being formed thereon, as shown.

G is a bail, pivoted at g to the metal plate F, and provided with perforations g.

H is a coiled-wire spring having its ends extended and formed into hooks h and h, which engage, respectively, in the eye or perforation g of the bail G and an eye, 7), formedon the outside of the enlarged portion B of the chamber 13. These springs are duplicated, as plainly shown in Fig. 2,

The operation of my invention may be described as follows: It being desired to apply the tap to the full and stoppered bottle, the enlarged end B of the chamber B is placed in position over the neck of the bottle, the packing-ring being in contact with the mouth of the bottle, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The bent plate F is placed in position over the bottom of the bottle and embracing its sides, as shown in Figs. land 2. The bail G is now turned to the position shown and secured in such position by the hook f This causes the springs II to draw strongly on the chamber of the tap and holds it securely in position on the bottle. The cock should now be closed, when the cork maybe drawn (by a corkscrew or other means) from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 3, in which position the outer end of the chamber will be closed by the cork, while the inner portion of said chamber forms a continuation of the open neck of the bottle. The bottle may now be hung up by means of the loop f and its contents drawn off, as desired.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In combination with a bottle, a bottletap consisting of an open-ended. tube secured upon the neck of the bottle, and a faucet communicating therewith at one side and midway the length of the tube, the bore of such tube being substantially equal in diameter to that of the neck of the bottle, as set forth.

2. In combination with a bottle, a bottle-- tap provided with an open'endcd tube of substantially the same bore as the neck of the bottle, having one end enlarged by a supplemental tube to fit over the said neck, and a faucet communicating with said chamber at one side and midway the length of the tube, in combination with a spring-fastening which serves to secure the tap in position on the bottle, as set forth.

3. In combination with the tap, the bent plate embracing the bottom and-sides of the bottle, the bail pivoted thereto, and the springs connecting the tap with the bail, and means for holding the bail in a locked position, as set forth.

4. The combination, with a bottle, of a tap consisting of th e faucet and the tube having an enlarged end fitting over the bottle, the packing-ring, the springs with hooked ends, the

bail having perforations to receive the hooks, the plate to which the bail is pivoted formed with a loop by which to suspend the bottle, and a hook to secure the bail, as set forth.

5. A bottle-tap-attaching device consisting of a bent plate to embrace the bottom of the bottle, a bail pivoted thereto, and a pair of coiled springs having hooked ends, one of which engages with said bail and the tap, and means for securing the bail in a locked position, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 0 presence of two Witnesses.

ELIAS H. GRISWOLD.

Witnesses:

J OHN CONNELL, J. R. BALDWIN. 

